DETERMINATION OF NEONATAL CASE-SPECIFIC FATALITY RATES IN A TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTION IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

Determination of neonatal case-specific fatality rates in a tertiary health institution in North Central Nigeria

Abstract Background The current neonatal mortality rate in Nigeria (37/1000) is among the highest in the world and the major causes have consistently been reported as sepsis, perinatal asphyxia and prematurity.However, case-specific fatality which defines the risk of dying from these and other neonatal morbidities is rarely emphasized.Determination

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The Prevalence and Correlates of Labor and Sex Trafficking in a Community Sample of Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Metro-Atlanta

Research suggests that runaway and homeless youth (RHY) in the United States are vulnerable to sex and labor trafficking.In this paper, we report and analyze estimates of sex and labor trafficking collected as part of the Atlanta Youth Count 2018, a community-based field survey of RHY between the ages of 14 and 25 in the metro-Atlanta area.A total

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